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Chennai engages with Korean community

Chennai: With over 200 Korean companies in and around it, Chennai has a bustling Korean population – as many as 4,000 Koreans live in the city alone.

To help them engage with the city better and connect with the local communities, a Korean website was launched here by Global Adjustments, a cross-cultural training company aiming to integrate foreigners with the Indian community.

Launching the website http://www.globaladjustments.com/korean/index.html, Kyungsoo S. Kim, Korean Consul General, said it was time the community had a systematic outreach to people here. He said the community plans to hold a ‘clean up the Marina’ event in April.

The website and other cultural exchanges, he added, will help the partnership between India and Korea to go beyond commercial interests and help in multi-dimensional exchanges.

Indian voice

The website, said Ranjani Manian, CEO, Global Adjustments, recalled the time companies such as Hyundai and Samsung started their operations here. Global Adjustments, she said, wished to be the trustworthy Indian voice to link the Korean community to people here. The website will also have a blog ‘Masal Kimchi’ that will help Koreans understand India better. There will be regular insights about festivals and Indian habits.

N Ravi, Editor-in-chief, The Hindu, said Koreans have always been admired for their dynamism, discipline and innovativeness that transformed Korea into an industrialised, developed country.

People in Chennai, he added, might come across as reserved in the beginning, but once that reserve was cut through, many long lasting and strong friendships can be made.

The website, he added, will be of benefit to the Korean community here, and will help them engage with the city better.

Disclaimer: This information has been collected through secondary research and IBEF is not responsible for any errors in the same.

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